Sen. Mark Udall, Bashing CIA, Reveals Classified Findings on Interrogation Program  —  “The CIA is lying,” the Colorado Democrat said on the Senate floor Wednesday.  —  In a career-defining speech, Sen. Mark Udall took to the Senate floor Wednesday to disclose classified information regarding …

Elizabeth Warren to Dems: Kill the bill  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats in the House to use their leverage and reject a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open until a measure tucked inside rolling back a piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is removed.

Growing Public Support for Gun Rights  —  More Say Guns Do More to Protect Than Put People at Risk  —  For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control.  Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect …

College president sorry for saying ‘All lives matter’  —  Smith College President Kathleen McCartney never meant to say “all lives matter,” she explained to angry students.  —  The president of prestigious Smith College is red-faced and apologetic Tuesday for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that “all lives matter.”

Fear and Torture  —  The tragic resonance, in the global war on terror, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture, released yesterday, will not, and probably should not, fade any time soon.  It reveals that Americans engaged in acts, on behalf of and with the approval …

Voters Repeal Fayetteville Civil Rights Ordinance … FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM)- Fayetteville voters have repealed the city's Civil Rights Ordinance following a special election Tuesday (Dec. 9).  —  Those in favor of repeal got 52% of the vote with 7,523 ballots cast.

My Emails with Sichuan Garden  —  Many people have seen my emails with Ran Duan of Sichuan Garden restaurant in Brookline.  —  Having reflected on my interaction with Ran, including what I said and how I said it, it's clear that I was very much out of line.

Rep. Peter King: Senate Report Not Torture, Just People Having “To Stand In Awkward Positions”  —  “We're not talking about anyone being burned or stabbed or cut or anything like that.  We're talking about people being made to stand in awkward in positions, have water put into their nose and into their mouth.

Delays plague Hillary Clinton's State Dept. files  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has failed to turn over government documents covering Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state that The Associated Press and others requested under the U.S. Freedom …

Exposing deceit as he ‘humbly’ begs our pardon  —  Modesty does not become Jonathan Gruber, the man who both helped conceive (in 2009) and unmask (in 2014) ObamaCare.  —  Gruber tried to eat humble pie Tues­day as he appeared before a House committee to explain video footage that emerged …

THE MADNESS OF QUEEN SHANLEY  —  Most developers in Silicon Valley know feminist agitator and Twitter troll Shanley Kane's name from Hacker News, a sort of reddit for the people building social networks.  She and her supporters regularly appear to derail discussion and spew the sort of nonsense about …

We the People  —  Why Congress and U.S. States Must Pass Comprehensive LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections … Individuals' ability to fully and freely participate in society is fundamental to every person's pursuit of the American Dream.  Throughout the 230-year history of the United States …

Congressman Defends His DC Anti-Pot Measure: 'DC's Not A State'  —  The U.S. congressman who inserted language in the omnibus spending bill to block Washington, D.C.'s marijuana legalization ballot initiative says it doesn't violate the principle of state's rights.

Torture Is Wrong and Useless  —  Dan Drezner explains why it is important to debate the efficacy of torture in order to reinforce the taboo against it: … As Drezner says, that consensus doesn't exist right now, and it has to be created by proving to as many people as possible that torture is both useless and wrong.